Bluefield International Academy is a residential boarding school located in Bluefield

Bluefield, West Virginia

Bluefield is a city in Mercer County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 10,447 at the 2010 census. It is also the core city of the Bluefield WV-VA micropolitan area which has a population of 107,342.-Geography & Climate:...

, West Virginia

West Virginia

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. The school occupies an area of 165 acre (0.6677319 km²) and provides education through the ancient India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

n Gurukul

Gurukul

A gurukul is a type of school in India, residential in nature, with shishyas living in proximity to the guru, often within the same house...

am system. The idea for this system of education was inspired by vedic teachings

Vedas

The Vedas are a large body of texts originating in ancient India. Composed in Vedic Sanskrit, the texts constitute the oldest layer of Sanskrit literature and the oldest scriptures of Hinduism....

, where students live with their Guru (teacher) who guides and mentors them throughout their academic life. The school offers admission from pre-Kindergarten

Pre-Kindergarten

Pre-kindergarten refers to the first formal academic classroom-based learning environment that a child customarily attends in the United States. It begins between the ages of 3-5 depending on the length of the program...

 to 12th grade, and has been approved by the West Virginia State Board of Education as well as the Mercer County

Mercer County, West Virginia

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 Board of Education. The admission of international students from 4th to 8th grade was approved in 2007 by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

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. The school is a division of the Indo-american Education and Research Foundation LLC and has branches in Wagamon

Wagamon

Vagamon is a hill station located in Kottayam-Idukki border of Idukki district of Kerala, India. It has a cool climate with the temperature between 10-23°C during a summer midday. It is situated 1,100 metre above sea level....

, and Marangattupilly

Marangattupilly

Marangattupally is a small village and headquarters of Marangattupally Grama Panchayat in Kottayam district, Kerala . Most of its people are either farmers or engaged in small-scale business. K. R. Narayanan, the tenth President of India, was born and grew up in the neighboring village of...

 in Kerala

Kerala

or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....

 (Labour India Gurukulam public school).